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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 4,5 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4, 5 JULY 2015
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1.  ARMY LAUNCHED OPERATION SHIVA:
i.   Indian Army launched operation Shiva to Secure Amarnath Yatra.
ii.  Operation Shiva is launched to protect 59-day long Annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir

2.  R-PAUL SINGH NAMED FOR GCHERA WROLD AGRICULTURE PRIZE 2015:
i. Indian-American professor R.Paul Singh named for GCHERA world agriculture prize 2015.
ii.   GCHERA : Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences

3.  SIR FAZLE HASAN ABED WON 2015 WORLD FOOD PRIZE:
i.    Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh won 2015 World Food Prize.
ii.  Fazle Hasan Abed is selected for his contributions towards reducing hunger in Bangladesh and 10 other countries through his organization BRAC.
BRAC- Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (1972)

4.  PROJECT TATKAL:
i.   State Bank of India launched project Tatkal
ii.  SBI launched Tatkal ,an initiative to provide doorstep services and expedite Home Loan Application (HLA) process.
iii.  This project will help home loan applicants to get the loan within 10 days after receipt of application form and relevant supporting documents

5.  E-MIGRATE SYSTEM FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYERS:
i.   India launched emigrate System for Foreign Employers.
ii. WWW. Emirate.gov.in is launched for foreign employers who wants to recruit Indian workers, including nurses.
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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JULY 2015
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1.  CCEA APPROVED PMKSY:
i.   CCEA approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
ii.  The Yojana is approved with an outlay of 50,000 crore rupees over a period of five years.
iii.  5300 crore rupees has been kept as the allocation for the financial year 2015-16
CCEA- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

2.  UP SINGH BECOMES INTERIM CMD OF OIL INDIA LIMITED:
i.   UP Singh is appointed as the Interim Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state run oil India limited.
ii.  U P Singh has succeeded S K srivatava.
iii.  UP Singh is a Joint Secretary (Exploration) under Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

3. CHANDRASE KARAN RAMAKRISHNAN BECOMES CFO OF TATA MOTORS’ GROUP:
i.    Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan is appointed as Chief financial officer (CFO) of india’s biggest automarker Tata Motors’ Group

4.  DARSHAN JAIN IS NAMED FOR US PRESIDENTIAL AWARD :
i.  Darshan Jain , an Indian-American teacher named for US Presidential Award.
ii. Darshan Jain is named for the prestigious Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching.
iii.  Along with Darshan Jain, 108 mathematics and Science teachers are named as recipients of the Award.

5.   FIRST FEMALE JUDGE OF AFGHANISTAN SUPREME COURT:
i.    Anisa Rasouli is nominated as the first female Judge of Afghanistan Supreme Court.
ii.    Afgan President Ashraf Ghani nominated Anisa Rasouli’s name as the female Judge of the 9-member bench Supreme court.

Note:  Justice Fathima beevi was the first female judge of india’s Supreme Court appointed in 1989.
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Friday, July 3, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 JULY 2015
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1.  DIGITAL INDIA WEEK LAUNCHED:
i.   Prime Minister launched Digital India week to spread awareness about Digital India Programme.
ii.  Digital India Week is launched in New Delhi by the PM Narendra Modi.
iii.  Digital India Programme was launched in August, 2014.

2.  NSSO SURVEY:
i.   Literacy rate in Rural Areas- 71%.
ii.  .   Literacy rate in Urban Areas- 86%.
NSSO – National Sample Survey Office.

3.  FIRST DEVELOPED NATION TO DEFAULT ON IMF DEBT:
i. Greece became the first developed nation to default on IMF Debt.
ii.  Greece missed the deadline for payment of 1.7 billion dollar (1.5 billion Euro) to IMF.
About Greece- Capital- Athens.
                       Currency – Euro.
                       Prime Minister – Alexis Tsipras.


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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 1 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 JULY 2015
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1.  RAILWAY MINISTRY INAUGURATED INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM:
i.   Union Railway Ministry Inaugurated Integrated Security System in Mumbai.
ii.  Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurated ISS at 4 Railway Stations in Mumbai:
      a. chatrapati Shivaji Terminus
      b. Dadar
      c. Kurla
      d. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)

2.  INDIA SIGNED 5 MOU WITH THAILAND:
i.   India and Thailand signed 5 MoUs during the Ist meeting of India-Thailand Joint Commission.
ii.  Documents were signed by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn.

3.  NATIONAL STATISTICS DAY OBSERVED:
i. 9th National Statistics Day was observed on 29th June around the Nation.
ii.  The theme for 9th National Statistics Day was, ‘Social Development’.
iii. The day is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Late Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.

4.  SHIMLA DRNKING WATER PROJECT APPROVED FOR WORLD BANK FUNDING:
i.  Union Government has approved Shimla drinking water project for world Bank funding.

ii.  Under this project, World Bank will provide a loan of 514 crore Rupees and remaining 129 crore will be provided by the state government.
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WEEKLY GK QUIZ 1 JULY 2015 WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY

WEEKLY GK QUIZ 1 JULY
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1.       When is World blood Donor Day observed?
a.       14th June                                b. 31st May
c.   21 June                                  d. 18th May
2.       Amazon online shopping company is of which country?
a.       UK                                          b.USA
c.   China                                      d. India
3.       Which Bank launched Payzaap?
a.       SBI                                         b. PNB
c.   ICICI                                       d. HDFC
4.       Who got Space Pioneer Award?
a.       NASA                                     b. ISRO
c.   RBI                                         d. SEBI
5.       India recently launched which Aircraft Carrier?
a.       Astra                                      b. INS Vikrant
c.   Aakash                                   d. Agni-V
6.       Which Indian origin developed water based computer?
a.       Manu Parkash                      b. Sumit Kumar
c.   sukhdev                                 d. U K Sinha
7.       Who is the Head ISRO?
a.       A. S Kiran                              b. Kiran Bedi
c.   Y V Reddy                              d. SS Negi
8.       G 7 Summit held in which country?
a.       Germany                               b. USA
c.   UK                                           d. Russia
9.       India, Japan and Australia held 1st trilateral dialogue at:
a.       Mumbai                                 b. Germany
c.   New Delhi                              d. Bhutan
10.  Which country becomes world’s largest oil producer?
a.       UK                                          b. Iran
c.    Saudi Arabia                         d. USA
11.  Which bird is chosen as national bird of Britain?
a.       Peacock                                 b. Robin
c.   Crow                                      d. Pigeon
12.  Recently government has hiked import duty on which item?
a.       Iron                                        b. Steel
c.   Copper                                   d. Mica
13.  Which country tops in global peace index?
a.       Iceland                                   b. Denmark
c.   India                                       d. France
14.  Who appointed as new head of National crime Records Bureau?
a.       Achal Kumar                         b. Nasim Zandi
c.   Archana Ramasundram       d. Parkash Lal
15.  Which company to set up 40,000 Wifi Hotspots?
a.       BSNL                                      b. Reliance
c.   Airtel                                      d. Vodafone
16.  Which state launched Right to Health Services?
a.       Assam                                    b. Kerala
c.   Gujarat                                   d. Haryana
17.  Who was Charles Correa?
a.       Politician                               b. Architect
c. Journalist                                 d. Singer
18.  Who released world’s 100 highest paid Athletics list?
a.       S & P                                      b. Forbes
c.   World Bank                           d. IMF
19.  Who was the creator of Rock Garden?
a.       Charles Correna                   b. S S Negi
c.   Nek Chand                             d. Le Corbusier
20.  When is World Day against child labour observed globally?
a.       12th June                                b. 14th June
c.   15th July                                 d. 14th May

ANSWER
1.     A
2.     B
3.     D
4.     B
5.     B
6.     A
7.     A
8.     A
9.     C
10.D
11.B
12.B
13.A
14.C
15.A
16.A
17.B
18.B
19.C
20.A
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 JUNE 2015
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1.  CHENNAI GETS FIRST PHASE OF METRO RAIL:
i.   Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa launched first phase of Chennai metro Rail Service.
ii.  first phase of Metro Service covers the 10 km elevated stretch which connects Alandur in South Chennai to Koyabedu in the North.

2.  MUMBAI ECONOMIC ZONE:
i.   GFH financial Group signed pact with Adani Group for developing Mumbai Economic Zone.
ii.  GFH is a Bahrain based financial Group.

3. WEATHER-BASED CROP INSURANCE SCHEME:
i.    Bajaj Allianz launched weather-based crop insurance scheme for 3 districts of Maharashtra.
ii.   Insurance covers orange crops in Nagpur, Hingoli and Washim districts of Maharashtra

4.  ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK:
i.  50 countries have signed articles of Agreement for China initiated Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.
ii.   Out of 57 founder member countries, remaining seven –Denmark, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Holland, South Africa and Thailand did not signed the agreement.

5.   NELSON PIQUEST JR WON FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE:
i.    Nelson Piquet Jr won the inaugural FIA formula E championship title.

ii.  Brazilian Racer Nelson piquet jr. drove for Chinese team Nextev.
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